Lady Things
Contemporary photo artist Robyn Cumming is based in Toronto and has a very powerful concept of art. She usually comes up with a concept first—what sort of themes she is interested in exploring and sometimes is quite specific in terms of what she is investigating… from there she plans the visual aspects of the work (color palette, props, costumes, models, etc). This series is about a group of anonymous women who are clearly as much a part of the elaborate staging as their surroundings, as evidenced in this case by their glamorous outfits. Covering the models faces, however, Robyn emphasizes their lack of identity, instead of allowing us to easily construct one for them like the filmic mothers. The women are presented as shamanistic outsiders: imbued with powerful magic, unknowable, yet unreachable because of their separation from society. The images share these characteristics, their technical and formal elements intimately tied to the content, especially when the delicately draped or found framing elements are present. Very clever and thought-provoking work!
“If she were an emotion it would be laughing that turns into coughing…and then dry-heave style crying.”
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These are gorgeous. She always hides the face – and it’s hidden behind objects of femininity.
That’s so interesting!
I found her work really beautiful and intriguing! Thx for stopping by, Lisa!
Very beautiful.. I had sort of an idea one time with flowers as well were the woman would have her face covered or partially covered with exotic flowers, very inspiring!!!
Glad you liked it, Laz! Hope to see you soon!
beautiful work, very inspiring, thank you
This is so very unique! I’ve never seen anything like this before, but it’s so beautiful!
I’m an artist too so this is really inspiring!
This art takes away identity.. The older woman portrayed as summer flowers in full bloom shows deep love and admiration, respect for a mother or grandmother. Some religions prefer their women like this. It took 100 years to gain the vote in the UK and we want to keep it so images of this sort that sideline women into faceless figures are provoking. Let them be displayed at the Guggenheim in New York at the Royal Academy of Arts in London. We need to highlight the importance of women as equals and I think this would cause a storm of discussion.